[ She is so earnest that it's honestly strangely endearing. Unfortunately, he did not smile and he finds the drawing rather silly. Yet, he can't bear to hurt her feelings by saying that. Thankfully, in text messages, deception is easier. There's a long, long pause. ]
Sure. [ Lying badly and moving on from the topic now. ]
I don't often have a reason to draw. [ 'Fun' is a foreign concept to him. ]
[ He can think of legitimate reasons to draw, such as when working out a plan for a mission, or sketching something you saw. Drawing for leisure is not something that's ever crossed his boring mind.
Anyway, the simple smalltalk about siblings is actually a very loaded question for him, dredging up thoughts and memories he often prefers to suppress. He pauses again, wondering how he should answer. He could lie and say he's an only child, but he doesn't want to reject his relationship with Tsumiki. ]
[ But Mitsuri offering more information about herself makes it so easy to steer away from that topic. He has some genuine interest in her relationship with her siblings too. ]
I helped out with them a lot but I don’t know if I could say that… My mom and dad did most of the work, especially my mom! [ A mom... thats alive?? very rare for anime ]
I mostly played with them and helped teach them things, like cooking!
Back then, I think I was the one who got scolded the most though. Can you believe it?
[ it's somehow nice to hear about these things. he never got to experience being in a noisy house, with how it was mostly him and tsumiki alone. mitsuri reminds him of her, actually, which endears him further. ]
I think that would scare most people. [ He is so reminded of Yuuji right now ....... down to the pink hair too. He hasn't seen her strength in person but he makes a mental note that she's probably decently strong in combat. ]
So that's your natural colour after all? [ He's quite curious now why it changed. ]
I like the taste of ginger. But my hair is fine the way it is. [ Actually, he would prefer less spiky hair so no one will call him a sea urchin. Anyway. This whole thing is just so ridiculous. ]
I really can't tell if you're joking or not ... [ That story just sounds unreal. ]
Did you think I chose for my hair to be like this then? There was a time I actually kept dying it back to black, so that’s a bit funny. [ it feels so long ago. While she still isn’t the most confident, she wouldn’t stoop so low again…
Anyways - ]
Fushiguro-kun, if there’s anything you want me to draw then please let me know! 🐱 it would be nice if you could model for a drawing one day too!
Having dyed hair in different colours isn't uncommon where I'm from.
[ But the fact that she kept dying it back to black, maybe she's self-conscious about it? That's a bit unexpected. As for the modelling ... he's dying stop. ]
I think ... you'll find someone better suited for that than me.
[ He's shy and has low self-esteem, sorry u_u he does have a request, though. Give him time to work up the courage to ask. ]
Ooh! Someone else told me that too recently!! I’d like to see all of these other hair colours! I wonder what someone would have to eat to get rainbow hair …
I think you’d be a great model! But I won’t force you. 🐱🐾 If I had to model suddenly, I’d be shy too!
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